Critical Care Outreach Nurse

NHS; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birkenhead is seeking a Critical Care Outreach Nurse to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing critically ill patients and collaborating with medical professionals. This role requires a Registered Nurse with a minimum of 5 years' critical care experience and a postgraduate critical care course. The salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, with responsibilities including attending medical emergencies and training local staff.

Qualifications

• Proficient in all areas of critical care competency framework.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of critically ill patients in the ward environment.
• Assist with Martha's Rule rollout and implementation.
• Work with medical professionals to provide high quality care.

Skills

Ability to support the critical care team

Commitment to research-based practice

Good time management

Education

Registered Nurse

Minimum of 5 years critical care experience

Post graduate Critical Care Course (level 6 or 7)

Job description

Critical Care Outreach Nurse

Closing date: 16 December 2025

The Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) offers intensive care skills to patients with, or at risk of, critical illness in areas outside of the critical care unit. We are about to provide a 24 hour, 7 day a week service reviewing patients throughout the hospital. Consequently you will be expected to work both days and nights shifts. The team consists of Band 6 nurses with a band 7 team leader and the Lead Nurse for Critical Care Outreach.

We respond to all patients reaching trigger thresholds for NEWS2 scoring in line with national guidance, attend cardiac arrests and medical emergencies as part of the MET and arrest team, and review all patients stepped down from ICU/HDU to the wards.

Our goal is to improve patient outcomes through early recognition and response to deterioration, reduce length of stay, avoid adverse events such as cardiac arrest, and prevent admission / readmission to critical care.

Main duties of the job

As part of the CCOT you will be responsible for providing high quality nursing support and care to all acutely unwell adult patients within Wirral University Teaching Hospital. You will:

• Be responsible for the management of a caseload of critically ill patients in the ward environment.
• Assist with Martha's Rule rollout and implementation.
• Work in collaboration with medical and allied health professionals to provide safe, equitable and high quality care for all acutely unwell, critically ill and recovering patients on a 24‑hour shift basis across the Trust.
• Review all patients stepped down from the ICU/HDU in a timely fashion to ensure they are progressing and prevent readmission.
• Work towards achieving the enhanced level of national critical care outreach competencies (2022).
• Attend adult cardiac arrest and medical emergency calls, utilising Advanced Life Support skills where necessary.
• Provide support with patients with tracheostomies and those receiving High Flow oxygen therapy on cohort wards.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to incidences of sepsis in line with national guidance.
• Participate in the delivery of local training courses including AIM (Acute Illness Management).
• Other duties as shown in the full job description and person specification.

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Critical Care Outreach Nurse position available at WUTH.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

• Registered Nurse
• Minimum of 5 years critical care experience
• Post graduate Critical Care Course (level 6 or 7)
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Proficient in all areas of critical care competency framework.

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to support the critical care team.
• Maintain skills and teach staff appropriately to maintain and stabilise patients on the wards/ departments.
• Commitment to research-based practice.
• ENB 998 (or Work based assessors course)

Personal Attributes

• Ability to understand the stresses of those not used to the critical care environment.
• IT skills in word processing, spread sheets, e-mail and power point presentations.
• Able to manage own workload, plans the work of others and works autonomsly
• Good time management
• Sensitive and empathic
• Active AIM (Acute Illness Management) faculty member.
• Experience in managing and leading a team.

Other Requirements

• Flexible /adaptable as work needs determine
• Ability to work in highly emotional/stressed situations
• Ability to work in an unpredictable environment
• Ability to frequently concentrate for long periods of time
• Ability to identify own work needs and those of others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata